Stinnett Chevrolet Buick

Stinnett Automotive Group is a family-owned dealership operation in Newport, Tennessee, in business for more than 50 years serving East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Located at 1041 West Highway 25-70, the group runs both a Chevrolet and Buick franchise and a separate Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram store, covering the major domestic brands under one local ownership structure. The Stinnett family also operates a collision center serving the greater Knoxville area, reflecting the depth of the group's roots in the region.

The service departments handle the full range of maintenance and repairs across Chevrolet, Buick, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram vehicles, with technicians working in a market where trucks and SUVs dominate the road. Newport sits in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, and the surrounding Cocke County communities, along with customers from Morristown, Knoxville, and Sevierville, make up a broad and loyal customer base that has kept the group operating for half a century.

For a technician who wants to work in a family-run operation with genuine longevity in a scenic part of the state, Stinnett offers stability that most dealerships cannot match. The East Tennessee market is not high-pressure or high-turnover in the way larger metro dealerships can be, and the multi-brand setup means the service side sees consistent variety across the full range of domestic vehicles. Fifty-plus years of family ownership is a strong signal that this is an organization built to last.